Monday
May122008
What's Growin' On Today
Monday, May 12, 2008 at 9:58PM
Of Garlic: Tonight I'm getting my garlic row (way too small this year) - covered in straw for mulching purposes and weed control. They look good - this will just help them look REAL good come harvest time.
Of Onions: The onions planted last week are up. They look happy and nearly all of them sprouted happily. I like the sets as opposed to live plants approach from the ease of planting perspective... have to see how the final products turn out.
Of Potatoes: Potatoes are just (only 2 I could see) starting to poke up above ground. The winners of the "race to daylight" came from the more expensive - healthier shoot looking small fingerlings from Burpee. I have some wait time on these before they are all up and large enough that I can start hilling.
Of "Berry Patch": A row of elderberry bush transplants are in and the currant bush is looking happy. The 6 blueberry plants are looking "small" in light of the whole area that over the years will become the "Berry Patch"... I still have to get the raspberries and strawberries in. I'm also going to be transplanting a bunch of the raspberries from the previous owners "patch" that they started years ago and let over grow. So I should have a pretty good start on the raspberry portion of the patch. I have also decided I'm going to do varied rows of the blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries, blackberries.. whatever berries... as opposed to a "section" of one and then others - this will keep the plant diversity high and should help cut down (logically) on disease.
Of cool weather crops: Wednesday - even if it's raining - all the cool jobbers are going in the soil if they are not already there - that includes my cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, and additional plantings of lettuce (the initial planting is up and looks happy). I'm planning on starting some in July for an August planting of the cauliflower and broccoli too (we will see how that goes).
Of things that look nice: Kelli got a ton of nice perennials from my mom over Mothers Day. most of them are in the large section of soil I turned over for the garden right next to the asparagus beds. They look happy to be back in the ground - and they will look pretty (as they are right in the view of the field from the house) as the bloom this summer. Actually, when I came home yesterday I was startled to see the doors of the barn open and Kelli already out and about on the tractor!
Of the " farm market": We will see how much I get from these varied plantings - as I said we are not going "crazy" with volume this year for the market - since we really have no idea what will grow well or not... But - we do hope to get "some" things to market this year. I'm actually thinking that the lettuce mix - planted in volume - might be one of our first products for the little local Saturday market right up the street - the onions and potatoes might be good candidates too. (I'm also thinking in future years a "chemical and pesticide free" 100% natural BBQ rub generated from farm grown / dried / ground garlic, onion and pepper powder.) Time will tell.
Of Onions: The onions planted last week are up. They look happy and nearly all of them sprouted happily. I like the sets as opposed to live plants approach from the ease of planting perspective... have to see how the final products turn out.
Of Potatoes: Potatoes are just (only 2 I could see) starting to poke up above ground. The winners of the "race to daylight" came from the more expensive - healthier shoot looking small fingerlings from Burpee. I have some wait time on these before they are all up and large enough that I can start hilling.
Of "Berry Patch": A row of elderberry bush transplants are in and the currant bush is looking happy. The 6 blueberry plants are looking "small" in light of the whole area that over the years will become the "Berry Patch"... I still have to get the raspberries and strawberries in. I'm also going to be transplanting a bunch of the raspberries from the previous owners "patch" that they started years ago and let over grow. So I should have a pretty good start on the raspberry portion of the patch. I have also decided I'm going to do varied rows of the blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries, blackberries.. whatever berries... as opposed to a "section" of one and then others - this will keep the plant diversity high and should help cut down (logically) on disease.
Of cool weather crops: Wednesday - even if it's raining - all the cool jobbers are going in the soil if they are not already there - that includes my cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, and additional plantings of lettuce (the initial planting is up and looks happy). I'm planning on starting some in July for an August planting of the cauliflower and broccoli too (we will see how that goes).
Of things that look nice: Kelli got a ton of nice perennials from my mom over Mothers Day. most of them are in the large section of soil I turned over for the garden right next to the asparagus beds. They look happy to be back in the ground - and they will look pretty (as they are right in the view of the field from the house) as the bloom this summer. Actually, when I came home yesterday I was startled to see the doors of the barn open and Kelli already out and about on the tractor!
Of the " farm market": We will see how much I get from these varied plantings - as I said we are not going "crazy" with volume this year for the market - since we really have no idea what will grow well or not... But - we do hope to get "some" things to market this year. I'm actually thinking that the lettuce mix - planted in volume - might be one of our first products for the little local Saturday market right up the street - the onions and potatoes might be good candidates too. (I'm also thinking in future years a "chemical and pesticide free" 100% natural BBQ rub generated from farm grown / dried / ground garlic, onion and pepper powder.) Time will tell.
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